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Hitchapukasse, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lakeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33810. The Survey maps it on the Socrum quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hitchapukasse within Polk County

Then and now

1944 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hitchapukasse (historical), surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Hitchapukasse (historical), surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Hitchapukasse (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,974 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Railroad operations and maintenance50
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service53 JINX
7 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 July 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hitchapukasse (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kathleen MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Socrum0.8 miles15
Kathleen3.2 miles16
Providence3.3 miles12
Gibsonia4.8 miles13
Galloway5.1 miles16
Fox Town5.8 miles12
Griffin6.1 miles13
Orangedale6.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294536. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.